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The House Across the Street

Genres
Comedy
Drama
Crime
Rating
4.0
StatusReleased
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Release Date1949-09-10
Runtime69 mins

Overview

Dave Joslin, the managing editor of a big-city newspaper, is demoted and moved to the Miss Lonely Hearts column-writing department by the newspaper's publisher, J. B. Grennell, because Joslin refuses to desist in printing stories linking a gangster, Matthew Keever, to a murder. But Joslin, aided by Kit Williams, a newspaper woman with whom he is in love, investigate the murder case on their own time.

Cast & Crew

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Wayne Morris

as Dave Joslin

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Janis Paige

as Kit Williams

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Bruce Bennett

as Matthew J. Keever

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Alan Hale

as J.B. Grennell

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James Mitchell

as Marty Bremer

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Barbara Bates

as Beth Roberts

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James Holden

as Carl Schrader

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Irving Bacon

as Jury Foreman (uncredited)

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George Chandler

as Carl's Boss (uncredited)

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Alex Gerry

as Lawyer Markley (uncredited)

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Billy Gray

as Boy (uncredited)

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Douglas Kennedy

as Narrator (uncredited)

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Charles Lane

as Apartment Manager (uncredited)

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Doreen McCann

as Madge (uncredited)

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Lila Leeds

as Billie Martin (uncredited)

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